Gangster Mukesh Pathak arrested in engineers' murder case

In a major breakthrough in the murder case of two engineers in Bihar's Darbhanga district last year, the Special Task Force (STF) arrested prime accused Mukesh Pathak from Jharkhand earlier in the day, a senior police officer said.
Pathak, who was in hiding for months ever since his involvement in the murder case came to light, was nabbed from Ramgarh district of Jharkhand, Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Headquarters, Sunil Kumar told reporters.
The gangster has 16 cases lodged against him in East Champaran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar and Gopalganj districts for crimes like murder, extortion, atrocities against women etc, he said, adding, Pathak had escaped from judicial custody on July 22 last.

Kumar said the STF had sent teams to Odisha, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh to arrest the gangster who was living in disguise to dodge the sleuths.
Engineers duo Brajesh Kumar and Mukesh Kumar were shot dead near Kusheshwarsthan on December 26 last over non-payment of levy by a private road construction company engaged in construction of state highway between Varnapur in Samastipur district to Kusheshwarsthan in Darbhanga district.
The assailants had left behind a pamphlet at the spot bearing the name of a proscribed outfit Bihar People's Liberation Army.

During probe and interrogation of those arrested in connection with the case, the name of Mukesh Pathak had emerged as the prime culprit in the case and a manhunt was launched against him.

The ADG (Headquarters) said the STF team was bringing the accused to Patna under tight security cover.
Pathak would be interrogated by the cops to find out details of his involvement in the murder case before being produced in the court, Kumar added.